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Korea:

a religious history
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RoutledgeCurzon, 2002 - Religion - 288 pages
This is an historical survey of all the religious traditions of Korea in relation to the socio-cultural trends of seven different periods of Korean history. The book includes a discussion of the history of the study of religion in Korea, a chronological description of Korean folk religion including shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, Islam, and Korean New Religions, and some final observations about the unique characteristics of religious beliefs and practices in Korea.

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About the author (2002)

Dr James H. Grayson is Reader in Modern Korean Studies in the School of East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield, and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. His research interests are in traditional Korean religion, Korean Christianity and Korean oral folklore.

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TitleKorea: a religious history
AuthorJames Huntley Grayson
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherRoutledgeCurzon, 2002
ISBN070071605X, 9780700716050
Length288 pages
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History / Asia / Korea
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